Issue 2 | Free Speech and Free Press in America
This issue of Insights digs deeper into the Law Day 2019 theme, “Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society,” with articles exploring free speech and free press applications today.
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The 19th Amendment at 100
The ratification of the 19th amendment in August of 1920 was a pivotal moment, the culmination of a more than 70-year struggle to gain voting rights for women. But what happened after ratification?
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Vol. 19
Issue 1 | International Environmental Law
International environmental law is the set of agreements and principles that reflect the world's collective effort to manage our transition to the Anthropocene by resolving our most serious environmental problems, including climate change, ozone depletion and mass extinction of wildlife. More generally, international environmental law aims to achieve sustainable development—i.e., development that allows people to have a high quality of life today without sacrificing the quality of life of future generations.
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Issue 2 | The Unsettling Truth About Our Legal System
Just as psychology and neuroscience have revealed the flaws in our criminal justice architecture, they can also offer a new blueprint for remaking the system based upon a realistic model of human behavior. Click here to read the latest issue about the Unsettling truth about our legal system.
Issue 1 | The Separation of Powers Today
What is the separation of powers? We all know the traditional American answer. The framers of the Constitution divided power between three branches of the federal government: Congress to make the laws, the president to execute the laws, and the courts to pass judgment. Click here to read about the Separation of powers in American Government.
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